After three preseason games without a loss, Washington Wizards fans were starting to feel a bit confident. I don’t blame you. Jordan Poole showed his promise and I don’t think there was too much to complain about besides Deni Avdija’s bad body language after one of Poole’s shots.
The first half of this game was pretty even all things considered. Washington trailed 58-52 to Toronto. While the deficit wasn’t too bad, the Wizards were behind in rebounding 29-20, and were behind in free throw attempts, 14-7. They should be fortunate that the scoring deficit wasn’t that bad.